Impala Asset Management LLC

Impala Asset Management LLC is a hedge fund sponsor based out of New Canaan, Connecticut. The company was established in 2003 by Robert J. Bishop, who is currently still with the company today acting as its CEO. Impala Asset Management has grown from its inception to now have 42 employees of which 23 are investment professionals and has expanded its presence to have another office in New York City. The company conducts its research internally and utilizes a fundamental methodology with bottom up and top down investment approaches. Impala Asset Management utilizes a long short equity strategy to make its investments and allocates its assets in the public equity markets on a global scale. The company invests most heavily in the consumer discretionary sector, which alone makes up almost half of its total asset allocations, and also invests in the transports, information technology, materials, and industrials sectors, among others to a lesser degree, in order of decreasing sector allocations. Impala Asset Management’s top holdings include NVR Inc. and Ryland Group Inc., which respectively make up 17.3% and 9.2% of its total holdings, with none of its other holdings making up over 5% of its total. The company’s top 10 holdings alone make up over half of its total holdings and the company has a high turnover rate of 83%. Impala Asset Management holds over $2.9 billion in total assets under management spread across 23 accounts, all of which are discretionary. Both of its total number of accounts and total assets under management have been increasing in recent years with its total assets under management growing significantly from $1.3 billion back in 2010 to well over twice that amount today. Impala Asset Management mainly caters to pooled investment vehicles, which alone makes up three quarters of its client base, and also caters to investment companies, state or municipal entities, and others, in order of decreasing clientele.